Definition of Seckle

1. seckel [n -S] - See also: seckel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seckle

seceshes
secess
secession
secessionism
secessionisms
secessionist
secessionists
secessions
sech
sechium
sechs
seck
seckel
seckel pear
seckels
seckle (current term)
seckles
secle
secles
secluded
secludedly
secludedness
secludednesses
secludes
secluding
seclusion
seclusion lodge
seclusion lodges
seclusion of pupil

Literary usage of Seckle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pomologia Britannica: Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Most Important ...by John Lindley by John Lindley (1841)
"seckle. Coxe's Fruit Trees, p. 189. Thatcher, American Orchardist, p. ... Red-cheeked seckle 3 J Early in the year 1819, a paper by Dr. Hosack, of New York, ..."

2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1878)
"Some fifteen years since I noticed a fruit on a tree of the seckle of three or ... One is an enlarged seckle rather coarse in flesh, but improves every year ..."

3. The American Orchardist: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Culture and by James Thacher (1825)
"It is generally considered to be a native fruit of this country, accidentally produced from seed sown by Mr. seckle, and the original tree is said to be ..."

4. The American Orchardist: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Culture and by James Thacher (1822)
"seckle pear.—In a letter from professor Ho- sack, of New York, dated October, 1818, to the London Horticultural Society, and published in their work, ..."

5. A Handbook of Hardy Fruits More Commonly Grown in Great Britain: Apples and by Edward Ashdown Bunyard (1920)
"F.seckle de Gansel. Dessert, November, small, flattened round, even. ... Colour, lemon yellow with a red flush and dark brown russet, very much like seckle. ..."

6. The Fruit Manual: A Guide to the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain by Robert Hogg (1884)
"Fruit, not unlike the seckle in shape, and also with much of the character of ... and a high perfume, but not so much so as in seckle. A first-rate pear; ..."

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